Failure to Rescue Female Patients Undergoing High-Risk Surgery
In this cohort study among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing high-risk surgery, male and female patients experienced similar rates of serious complications, but female patients with complications were more likely to die. In other words, clinicians fail to rescue female patients with complications after high-risk surgery more often than male patients. Improving the recognition and management of female patients' complications postoperatively may narrow the sex disparity after high-risk surgery.
Authors
- Karen E. Joynt Maddox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-8653)
- Andrew M. Ibrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5516-8378)
- Catherine M. Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-1929)
- Gorav Ailawadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9927-7573)
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Center for Advancing Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Surgery
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4574
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.43